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City council favors seasonal sales tax to fund police station

As discussions of a new police station on the Homer City Council narrow in on exactly how the…

A map of the Amakdedori Creek area shows the proposed Pebble Mine port. (Map by Pebble Limiter Partnership via Cook Inletkeeper)

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Cook Inletkeeper holds meeting on Pebble Mine

Update: In a press release on Friday, April 6, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it has…

Michael Carey (Photo provided)

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Post, Kettle honored as lifelong learners

The annual Celebration of Lifelong Learning honors adult learner Lee Post, a longtime Homer resident known as “the…

Three hundred lineal feet of the Anchor River State Recreation Area beach parking lot, shown here on Sunday, April 1, 2018 in Anchor Point, Alaska, suffered severe erosion damage caused by storms in September 2017. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman)

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Erosion repairs to begin in Anchor Point — but is it enough?

With repairs to the Anchor River State Recreation Area parking lot and tractor launch scheduled to begin this…

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Assembly revisits moving hospital service area boundary

The debate over who has to pay property taxes to which of the borough’s hospitals is getting into…

Alaskan cowboys bring local beef to the table

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Alaskan cowboys bring local beef to the table

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify information about members of the Fox River Cattlemen’s Association.…

Homer Flex teacher Lindsay Martin holds a cardboard sign reading “I teach. Don’t need guns, desperate for pencils!” at a rally to support the national March for Our Lives on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at WKFL Park in Homer, Alaska. Martin said she doesn’t think those who suggest arming teachers do so out of malice, but that she does not see it as a viable solution to gun violence in schools. Dozens of Homer residents gathered with similar messages at the park Saturday in an impromptu rally organized by the Homer chapter of Citizens Action Network. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer supports March for Our Lives movement

By Megan Pacer Homer News

Jenni Medley of Blood, Sweat, and Food interacts with a heritage Tamworth hog rooting on pasture at the farm off East Hill Road. (Photo by Jennifer Tarnacki)

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From pasture to plate: Exploring local meat in Homer

Ask around, and attitudes toward the source of the meat people eat run the gamut from not wanting…

Sgt. Daniel Cox congratulates a Kenai Peninsula Youth Court attorney at swearing-in ceremonies at the Homer Courthouse in December 2016. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Nikolaevsk man assaulted trooper before being shot, state troopers say

Alaska State Troopers on Tuesday identified the troopers involved in a fatal shooting last Saturday of a Nikolaevsk…

Troopers involved in fatal shooting in Nikolaevsk; one trooper injured in incident and another person killed

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Troopers involved in fatal shooting in Nikolaevsk; one trooper injured in incident and another person killed

Alaska State Troopers have identifed the person killed in a trooper involved shooting in Nikolaevsk on Saturday as…

Ben May, owner of Anchorage Solar, speaks about solar energy systems at a talk last Thursday, March 22, 2018, at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center, Homer. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Homer embraces solar energy

Talking about solar energy on the cusp of spring might seem optimistic. While daylight gets longer and the…

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Haven House selects Women of Distinction

The South Peninsula Haven House Board of Directors have announced the 2018 Honorees to be celebrated at this…

After Parkland: Teachers, students, parents navigate the world of school shootings

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After Parkland: Teachers, students, parents navigate the world of school shootings

Students graduating high school in 2018 have never known a world where being killed in a classroom —…